An Interview with UT Dallas Prof Monica Rankin, creator of “The Twitter Experiment.” By Ines Schinazi Perhaps what makes Generation Y’s educational experience most different from the experience of past generations is the overwhelming presence of technology in the classroom, and all the implications this brings. While cell phones and laptops are often considered to [...]
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By Margie Maddux Newman* I’ve got two weeks left to say “I’m 29,” and mean it. As the big 3-0 approaches, that’s really my only deep thought. I don’t feel like I’m getting old – mentally nor physically. I certainly don’t look old – the casual passerby is often fooled by my petite frame. Honestly, [...]
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Posted in Artikullocks, Ideas, Social Network on ago 10th, 2009
by Ludmilla Figueiredo Google Maps helps me reach my destination. I put together a nostalgic photo album on Flickr. I call to my sister, who has locked herself in her room, while chatting on MSN. I share news through messages that contain a lot of exclamations (revealing my state of extreme happiness or sometimes expressing [...]
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When your boss comes near you, do you have to get off MSN? Can you only tweet after work? Is Facebook blocked at the office? If you live in this type of world, then I am an alien. Believe it or not, I recently joined my first social network, (Orkut) because I was practically forced [...]
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Velocity. Our world spins with great velocity. It keeps getting faster, and faster, and faster. Actually the word velocity doesn’t even begin to explain the rhythm of our lives. I can’t find the right world. I can’t find the word that depicts the frenetic accumulation of information, and the constant change, which surrounds us. I [...]
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I’m extremely happy to find out that Grupo Foco is the first business in Brazil to conduct job recruitment processes through social media. We do this for our own team as well as for our clients. Our team navigates through countless social networks (Blog, Twitter, Linked In, and Orkut, among many others) until we find [...]
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“If you tweet my post on Flickr, I’ll give you props on your blipper, and confirm your PR on my Facebook App.” When I hear a sentence like this, I get chills up my spine. I feel that I’ll never “get there.” I’ll never truly understand this new language that kids use when they talk [...]
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Ashton Kutcher, who has been a fan and active user of Twitter for some time now, made a bet with CNN. Kutcher bet that he would reach 1 million followers before CNN. In a video, Ashton promises that he will donate 1 million dollars to a charity organization if he reaches his goal before CNN. [...]
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